PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Santa Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quentin DeBramalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santa Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by 50 cent P.I.M.P. DeBramalo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Also Sprach Zarathustra. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santa Cruz
vs
DeBramalo

180 cm
34
175 lbs
27 - 21 - 1

178 cm
22
160 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Pearson Specter Litt

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rafael Santa Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quentin DeBramalo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeBramalo misses with the combination.
Santa Cruz loads up on a big right hand but DeBramalo slips the punch.
DeBramalo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santa Cruz. That did some damage!
DeBramalo lands with an uppercut that bounces Santa Cruz off the cage and back into range.
DeBramalo slips a straight right by Santa Cruz.
We've been informed that DeBramalo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A low kick from DeBramalo misses
and Santa Cruz counters with a series of strikes. DeBramalo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santa Cruz lands a jab to DeBramalo's midsection.
A slow jab from Santa Cruz misses its intended target.
Nice body punch from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santa Cruz throws a leg kick but DeBramalo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
DeBramalo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Santa Cruz ducks under a wild hook from DeBramalo.
Santa Cruz defending well as DeBramalo loads up on a big left hand.
Santa Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santa Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
DeBramalo raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Santa Cruz.
A jab from Santa Cruz misses.
Santa Cruz misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Cruz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santa Cruz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by DeBramalo.
DeBramalo gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Santa Cruz counters with a nice body kick.
DeBramalo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santa Cruz checks a low kick from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo misses with a body kick.
Santa Cruz misses with the combination.
DeBramalo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santa Cruz.
DeBramalo lands a jab to the head.
Santa Cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as DeBramalo throws out the jab.
DeBramalo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid leg kick lands there for DeBramalo.
Santa Cruz throws a body punch but DeBramalo moves out of range.
Santa Cruz throws a lazy uppercut
and DeBramalo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santa Cruz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Santa Cruz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from DeBramalo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo tests Santa Cruz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
DeBramalo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Santa Cruz throws the left hand but DeBramalo avoids the punch easily.
Santa Cruz throws a hook to the side of DeBramalo's head but DeBramalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santa Cruz sizes up DeBramalo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
DeBramalo throws a body kick that misses

and Santa Cruz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Santa Cruz trying to control but DeBramalo is working from the bottom.
DeBramalo trying to control the position.
Santa Cruz preventing the sweep.
Santa Cruz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
DeBramalo is pulling down on Santa Cruz's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo has momentary wrist control but Santa Cruz slips an elbow through the middle.
Santa Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santa Cruz trying to control but DeBramalo is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Santa Cruz misses with an uppercut.
Santa Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract DeBramalo.
DeBramalo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Santa Cruz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before DeBramalo can pounce on him.
A head kick misses from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo tries to land a leg kick but Santa Cruz saw it coming and moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Santa Cruz misses its target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz misses the shot to the body.
DeBramalo throws out a counter right but Santa Cruz avoids it with no problem.
DeBramalo moves forwards but Santa Cruz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch lands to the side of Santa Cruz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Santa Cruz connects with the punch.
DeBramalo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santa Cruz cracks DeBramalo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeBramalo lands a nice shot to the body.
DeBramalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
DeBramalo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
DeBramalo tries to work over Santa Cruz's front leg with a kick but Santa Cruz checks it.
Santa Cruz defending well as DeBramalo loads up on a big left hand.
DeBramalo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz gets the takedown into side control.
Santa Cruz advances to full mount.
Santa Cruz wants to control but instead DeBramalo manages to regain half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Santa Cruz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Santa Cruz's back!
Santa Cruz is really stuck here.
Santa Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santa Cruz rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Santa Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from DeBramalo there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz trying to control here.
Santa Cruz is trying to control but DeBramalo manages to pass to mount!
DeBramalo avoids the attempt from Santa Cruz to control.
DeBramalo raining down shots from the mount!
DeBramalo tries to control but Santa Cruz wriggling away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Santa Cruz taking some punishment here, with DeBramalo in his half guard.
Santa Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santa Cruz trying to hold on to DeBramalo's head to control him but DeBramalo postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. DeBramalo connects with a nice short shot to Santa Cruz's temple.
DeBramalo is trying to control the action in half guard but Santa Cruz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Santa Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Santa Cruz trying to control but DeBramalo postures up.
Santa Cruz moves into full guard.
Santa Cruz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but DeBramalo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Santa Cruz actively working from the bottom here.
DeBramalo passes to full mount!
Santa Cruz sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Santa Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santa Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santa Cruz is working hard here to advance position.

Santa Cruz actively working from the bottom here.
Santa Cruz is trying to control but can't.
DeBramalo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rafael Santa Cruz.
Well Santa Cruz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 10:9
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 10:9
Judge James Glass scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Santa Cruz!
As Rafael Santa Cruz got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: thank fuck for that, I have been sooo shit.'.